jaun´ti|ly

jaun´ti|ly: jaun|ty «JAWN tee, JAHN-», adjective, -ti|er, -ti|est, noun, plural -ties.

–adj.

1. easy and lively; carefree; sprightly: »The happy children walked with jaunty steps.
SYNONYM(S): airy, gay.

2. smart; stylish: »She wore a jaunty little hat.
SYNONYM(S): elegant.

3. Obsolete. genteel.

–n.

Slang. the person in charge of a ship's police.

╂[earlier janty or jantée, apparently < pronunciation of Middle French gentil noble, gentle < Old French < Latin gentīlis. See etym. of doublets genteel (Cf. ↑genteel), gentile (Cf. ↑gentile), gentle. (Cf. ↑gentle)]

–jaun´ti|ly, adverb.

–jaun´ti|ness, noun.

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